Lock-nut plate.



R. A. JACKSON.

LOCK NUT PLATE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. a, 1914 1,125,545. Patented Jan. 19, 1915.

ROLLIE ALL ransom, or

LOCIE'LNUL PLATE.

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Application filed Sent-ember 2. i914. Serial No. are

To all whom it nmg concern Be it known that I, liouyut A. JACK :i (cit yen of the l mited States. residing at Owenshoro, in the county oi Dorie; fl State 0t Kentuelqn have iuwuteli :1 l e useful Lock-Nut Plate. of which the rol mg is a speeiheation.

The device forming the subject moir this appli :ution is a nut; look :inrl one, on" of the present invention to proriile um means for interlocking the entls of z: holding plate with a brace through \i the bolt pas s, novel means heingr provulerl \vherehy at the will of an operator. the interloeli'ing engagement hefiu'eeu the eliils oi the not holding olute nnrl the hrrioe 4 hroli'eu tlaroug'h the ll'1P(llllZll of finger o which project from the Olil'lfi of til-e holding plate.

It is Within the 0 improve generally Hi i of, devices of the type invention :ipnmtnins.

With the foregoing unrl oilirr ohieris in i i ription SC po m- (ll View which will appear as the dose proceeds, the invention resides in tho P Hill)!- nation and arrnngeimut of ports anal i the details of construction hereizm l ter (lesorlliell and claimed, it; heiiil untlerstoorl that, changes in the precise einhorliment of the in ventlon herein disclosed. can be inzwlo witnin the scope of what Claim d. without (l6- parting i i-mu the spirit oi the invention.

In the accompanying (l rnwin li 'uro shows the inventiim in sirle elevation: Fig. 2 is an elevation ile tin; the opposite oi the structure from that shown in Fig. 1,: Fig, 3 is a longitudinal section on the lin 33 of Fig. 1: -l is a r": 7 section i the line 4% of Fig. 3; Fig. IS a new :3- tive View showing the loolrinn: plate: mi Fig. 6 is a t'rzigmental perspective showing; one end of one of the fisli plates or l rrires.

The device iorn'iing the su jeet matter of this application is of that Qeneral type shoi'vn in' Patents No. 655,022, and No. 1,056,605. The invention aims to improve the means whereby the nut locking plate is assembled with the ends of the fish plate or brace.

In the drawings, a pair of abutting mil sections is shown and denoted by the nu moral 1. Appl ed to one sirle of the rail sections 1 is a, brace 61- fish plate 9 Applied to the opposite faces of the ll seetiens 1 is brace 01' fish plate 3. s fish Specificaiion of Letters Patent.

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plat; ii i nile i ends in 1. tongues 15 or-iii to 'fxll'li' l flanges and no form pieces extended beyond the hrnee rueil :is meaningor necessity. :1 rnilroarl rail, the invention heingj: :ipnlirn le for upon structures other thim rnilroml mils. I

l'lzirin ih us iiii-mrihed the invention, what is claimed isz--- L'Il'). :1 nutloeln :1 mil; :1 l rnce applied to the rail noel TH'U'YlllOll at its enrls with flanges ext nding the full width of the une-e :iurl spared throughout their entire extent 105 from lilla mil: a bolt and nut structure extenrlerl through the rail and the l'HfiCQ e'ml iuelulliii'r a polygonal rotatable element; a plate ilttius: uguinst the l ruee and provided with :1 nolvlou'nl opening receiving and Seeuring' the n oniil element of the holt and nut structure against rouition, the plate be ic ro'i'ided at its ends with resilient gees bent into SigmOldztl shape to form oiders which lock behind the flanges and provide fine-ended projecting finger extended beyond the ends of the brace We lying upon the some side of the rail hi'aee, the finger pieces constituting file'i'lfii'iy the ends of the plate may he geminient between to break the tiers and nntendiin; and spaced 1; from the I ed its ends with the bolt and nut structure against rotation,

the plate being provided at its ends with resilient tongues bent into sigrnoidal shape to form shoulders which leek behind the flanges and to provide projecting finger pieces extended beyond the ends of the brace and lying upon the same side of the rail as the brace; and washers surrounding the bolts, the washers being ii'iter'posed between the plate and the brace and constituting menus for holding the shoulders on the plate interlocked with the flanges on the brace.

In testimony that I claim the .fmegoing as my own, I -have hereto aiiixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

I ()I. 4I.4ii": A. JACKSON.

Witnesses:

' D. HAYNES,

D. L. Buconsi 

